This event will feature readings by
Steve Koelsch
Phil Linz
An open mic will follow. Hosted by Brooke Palma
Barnaby’s West Chester
15 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19380
Stephen Koelsch currently lives in Chester County, Pa. He grew up in Ohio, and has lived on both coasts while enjoying the challenges that life has brought him. One of eight children, he was raised in a loving family. His daughter Samantha and her three children are the great blessings of his life.
His four books of poetry; Dancing Bare, The Cold Wick, Penumbra, Crossing the River of Denial - are available online at either Amazon, Trafford Publishing or his website. He is published internationally. He has been a member of several poetry associations; including Newark Art Alliance, Delaware Literary Association, IMPAC, and Cleveland’s The Lit.Steve has published poems in various regional and national magazines and anthologies: including Razzle, Heartland, Dreamstreets, Mobius, Array, Bear River Anthology and Delaware Poets Anthology, to name a few. Steve has also hosted Poetry Open Mic events, and been a featured poet at many local and regional events.
Steve is an accomplished visual artist, currently focused on the unique medium of clay monoprinting. The covers of his books display examples of his work. His bright colorful prints can be viewed on yessy.com, on Instagram, and his website stevekoelsch.com.
Phil Linz was born in Brooklyn, NY, and has lived in New Orleans, Tucson, Los Angeles, New York City’s East Village, Morrisville, PA, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, and Pooler, GA; since 2011 has lived in Wilmington, DE. He’s been writing poetry since 1971 and is the founder and publisher of Fierce Grace Press, specializing in chapbooks & believing in the concept of “Publishing Under the Radar.”
After self-publishing eight chapbooks of his own work, these and more recent poems were re-organized and published as The Chapbooks: Collected Poems (2019), available online.
Primarily self-taught, he’s read widely, focusing especially on the literature of the Beat Generation: He is a member of the Academy of American Poets, Mad Poets Society, and The Beat Museum. See jerryjazzmusician.com for several of his online poems. He may be reached at linzp18@verizon.net.